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Amazon’s Very Good 4K UHD Blu-Ray Sale Is Back, But This Time Filled With Horror And Spooky Movies

You can get some fantastic horror films like Nope, The Thing, Sinners, and The Shining for about $13 each

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 2, 2026

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Disgaea Dev CEO Says Company Is Having ‘Discussions’ With Sony About The End Of Physical Discs: ‘I Think That They’re Hearing A Lot Of The Feedback From Customers’

'It's possible that the discussion may change in the future'

By Rebekah Valentine Published September 25, 2026

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New GTA 6 Leak Shows Game Store Selling Physical Discs As Leaker Claims This Is All About ‘Ownership’ In A ‘Digital-Only Era’

It is one of three leaks (so far) that Cyberleek has posted online today

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 25, 2026

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Nobody’s Buying New Physical Games On Xbox In The U.S.

Nintendo runs away with it

By Rebekah Valentine Published August 20, 2026

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Stop Killing Games Condemns ‘Destructive’ GTA 6 Leakers: ‘Do Not Send These People Your Money’

SKG decried the GTA 6's leakers for 'using illegal means' and promoting 'a meme coin' to further their goals

By Lewis Parker Published August 19, 2026

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Crunchyroll Guts Online Store Just As Anime Fans Feared

Many see this as yet another salvo in Sony's apparent war against physical media ownership

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 18, 2026

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Here’s The Argument For Why A Disc-Free PlayStation Could Actually Drive Game Prices Down

Jacob Navok says that a world without physical media will put major publishers in constant competition with each other, though how that would drive costs down is just a theory

By Zack Kotzer Published August 15, 2026

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Anyone Who Wants To Print Their Own PlayStation Discs Will Need To Overcome Sony’s Wall Of Silence

While PlayStation seems committed to ending their physical copies, I wouldn’t hold my breath for a massive homebrew scene to fill the void in the immediate future

By Zack Kotzer Published August 9, 2026

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Capcom’s Response To The Loss Of Physical Games Is A Shrug

The Resident Evil publisher says 90 percent of its sales now are digital anyway

By John Walker Published August 6, 2026

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Sony Is Slapping Warning Labels On PS5s About Its Discless Future

The newly added label warns consumers that PS5 games 'will be available for purchase on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital format only' after January 2028

By Lewis Parker Published August 6, 2026

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Physical Media Fans Are Sick Of Expensive Vinyl Albums With Unfinished Tracks Or Missing Songs: ‘A Bait-and-Switch Isn’t Cool’

Artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Raye are catching flak from collectors and fans for selling incomplete records

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 4, 2026

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PlayStation’s YouTube Channel Is Still Being Flooded With Outrage

PlayStation's YouTube comments section is mostly full of people angry about losing physical discs, but kids games are safe from the barrage

By Kenneth Shepard Published July 16, 2026

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Game Collectors Mourn The Death Of The PlayStation Disc: ‘It Will Feel Like I’m Starting Over From Scratch’

The end of physical games is affecting every side of the community differently

By Kenneth Shepard Published July 6, 2026

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Man, I Miss Big Bargain Bins Of Used Video Games

Is that a used copy of Nintendogs?!

By Rebekah Valentine Published July 3, 2026

Black accessories appear from the darkness.

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Disc Manufacturing Factory Already Planning For PlayStation’s All-Digital Future By Pivoting To Microlenses

And according to Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation’s upper management, this shift in production had been planned for some time before Sony's announcement on July 1st

By Lewis Parker Published July 3, 2026

Squidward Lying At Grave Of Bloodborne Nickelodeon Sony

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6 Classic Games With Cool Details Hidden On Their Unpatched Physical Discs

As consoles make the shift to becoming fully digital, the unintentional secrets that only be found hidden in unpatched physical media will be lost forever

By Lewis Parker Published July 2, 2026

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